In the future, Mitalipov anticipates it will be possible to produce a stem cell line from each donated egg.

CNN: SHARE THIS

But in the first experiment we got a blastocyst and within a couple of months we already had an (embryonic) stem cell line.

CNN: SHARE THIS

He used to be in charge at Geron and helped fund the research which led to first human embryonic stem cell line being created in 1998 and now heads another company, BioTime.

BBC: White House stem cell shift expected

One of the recommendations made by the group was for journal editors to ask authors of stem cell research papers to submit data verifying the authenticity of the stem cell line, and an explanation of how they had complied with accepted standards of good cell culture practice.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Science moves on from dog clone

The other thing it does is it makes it extremely easy now to tailor a stem cell to an individual because all I have to do is get a few skin cells from you and then put in these magic factors, and suddenly I've got an embryonic stem cell line that's tailor made directly to you.

NPR: Scientists Create Embryonic Stem Cells from Skin

They were able to get a clone in a stem-cell line in basically one of 17 eggs used.

NPR: Slate's Human Nature: S. Korean Stem Cell Advance

This allows us to explore the promise and potential of stem cell research without crossing a fundamental moral line by providing taxpayer funding that would sanction or encourage further destruction of human embryos that have at least the potential for life.

CNN: Bush to allow limited stem cell funding

An ardent opponent of stem-cell experimentation, Focus on the Family, takes a hard line.

FORBES: Anti-Ban Billionaires